Tiina Brown
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You are tachnically correct, but to me, it is wrong to call them Abrahamic, since it is really the One God that is the centre, not Abraham.
Also, both Jews and arabs may claim Abraham as ancestor, but the christians, nor any others, cannot.
And really, i do question that ancestry in its entirety, but that is an entirely different topic.
You are tachnically correct, but to me, it is wrong to call them Abrahamic, since it is really the One God that is the centre, not Abraham.
Also, both Jews and arabs may claim Abraham as ancestor, but the christians, nor any others, cannot.
And really, i do question that ancestry in its entirety, but that is an entirely different topic.
You want to call them Yahwehic religions instead?
It's not about ancestry, it's just referencing the god of Abraham. That's it. These religions are all descended from the religion of Abraham, so it can even count for Christian gnostics who don't worship YHWH.
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Oh, and the idea of one loving God is really older than Abraham, it's just that that One God used to be feminine, and not masculine .... but to me it may very well be the same.
It is older than Abraham - I think Aten predates Judaic monotheism - but I don't think there's any evidence of worship of a single goddess anywhere.
